diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 1ec224643..36ed5e0cb 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1151,6 +1151,8 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 3: parameter-to-internal-flags
 
+    fZdebug=GetBoolArg("-zdebug", false);
+
     fDebug = !mapMultiArgs["-debug"].empty();
     // Special-case: if -debug=0/-nodebug is set, turn off debugging messages
     const vector<string>& categories = mapMultiArgs["-debug"];
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index abffa7a0e..d6ceb1997 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Copyright (c) 2019      The Hush developers
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2020 The Hush developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ using namespace std;
 map<string, string> mapArgs;
 map<string, vector<string> > mapMultiArgs;
 bool fDebug = false;
+bool fZdebug = false;
 bool fPrintToConsole = false;
 bool fPrintToDebugLog = true;
 bool fDaemon = false;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index b0c0b32ea..2e8232871 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public:
 extern std::map<std::string, std::string> mapArgs;
 extern std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > mapMultiArgs;
 extern bool fDebug;
+extern bool fZdebug;
 extern bool fPrintToConsole;
 extern bool fPrintToDebugLog;
 extern bool fServer;
diff --git a/src/wallet/asyncrpcoperation_sendmany.cpp b/src/wallet/asyncrpcoperation_sendmany.cpp
index 0230b57d0..383f16a98 100644
--- a/src/wallet/asyncrpcoperation_sendmany.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/asyncrpcoperation_sendmany.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ bool AsyncRPCOperation_sendmany::main_impl() {
         }
 
         // Fetch Sapling anchor and witnesses
-        LogPrintf("%s: Gathering anchors and witnesses\n", __FUNCTION__);
+        //LogPrintf("%s: Gathering anchors and witnesses\n", __FUNCTION__);
         uint256 anchor;
         std::vector<boost::optional<SaplingWitness>> witnesses;
         {
@@ -496,7 +496,6 @@ bool AsyncRPCOperation_sendmany::main_impl() {
         }
 
         // Add Sapling outputs
-        LogPrintf("%s: Adding Sapling outputs\n", __FUNCTION__);
         for (auto r : z_outputs_) {
             auto address = std::get<0>(r);
             auto value = std::get<1>(r);